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Ygnaiih wrote: Developers are not respected where I work either.
Depends on who is calling you code monkey, but most of the time I've heard it, it is not in disrespect but more in terms of having to do brain-dead code changes. For example, in the web I often have to pixel-push, tweak the location of controls just a few pixels to make things look nicer. Code Monkey is a similar term. Code changes that could be done by a monkey because they are tedious and /or easy. However, hopefully not all the work you do is that way. 
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As long as they're paying you much more than just peanuts, it is OK.
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It is totally unprofessional, such low level I never saw...For much less than that I would leave immediately...
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I sometimes refer to myself as a codemonkey [or ninja] so don't worry and pass the banananananas.
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Depends a great deal on context.
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Our CEO calls us "code workmen" (the Italian word used defines unskilled work), and it's a software company. You know what? She's right - I'm a simple workman so I take no responsibility. No credit also, but that's ok with me.
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A lot, but without the "code" part.
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Ygnaiih wrote: Has anyone here ever been called Code Monkey?
No.
No, man...
@#(% no! I believe you get your @(& kicked for saying something like that!
(With apologies to Mike Judge)
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It might have just been in jest. We refer to designing web pages as "colouring in".
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It's not that skillful!
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Ygnaiih wrote: Has anyone here ever been called Code Monkey?
yes
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At the end of another day of the joy of programming, fresh bananas in hand, I respect myself too much to give a shyte what other people think 
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Code on my brother and enjoy the bananas.
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BillWoodruff wrote: bananas in hand
hmmmmm.... tmi, I think
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I've been called "An angel" by a customer, "Über" by colleagues and "Super brilliant" by both 
Only a very rude and arrogant external developer called me "a little man" once (which means something like "unknowledgable, unexperienced"), but that tells more about him than me
Sounds like your working environment isn't all that great and maybe you should bring it up...
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A server guy once called me a code monkey - he's been a server monkey ever since - no big deal with a beer apiece.
As for your workplace - well I've heard of such situations (mainly in Dilbert) - but in my place (not a software outfit) people come to IT for a hoped-for "boon of coding." IT can (and should) present itself as a priesthood (think in terms of user kowtow).
Finally - once they're steeped in your code, you have them by the proverbial short-hairs. They just need to be reminded.
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Worker Bee is a compliment and distinguishes those people actually doing something from the management who sit in meetings and don't actually do anything.
Code Monkey is an insult meaning that even a mindless monkey could do the job. I've have treated as such by management and architects.
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Worker bee is an insult. There is no differentiation between the skills sets of the bees. Any bee could potentially do any other bees job.
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I call myself a code monkey in some contexts, I also call guys data monkeys, they call themselves data scientists.
You do need some context!
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Wow, that is pretty outrageous.
I have called programmers, "coders".
The upside is that he might have meant it "endearingly" ???
Anyways, I probably would have said (and note the wording) to that IDIOT:
What would you find more insulting "Code Monkey" or "Architectural A***Hole"?
As for the "Worker Bee"... I would ask my boss if that makes HIM the "Queen?"
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Then again, I have been IN TROUBLE with management, so going my route might lead to
a consulting career where you work for yourself, but LOVE LIFE soooo much more!!!
I would say it was RUDE.
BTW, I have found MOST Architects who think that way, FAIL. And I have seen more than one business bankrupted by them. So hold on to the outcomes to come!
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Quote: Has anyone here ever been called Code Monkey?
Yes, but never by a professional. It all depends on how you see the term. I tend to take it as a complement - actually. You're agile and limber enough to swing through the mazes of code. And they're one of the smarter species...
If it was continually used in a professional environment, I'd slowly lose respect for the source. It's like calling an architect an origami maker - sure, it might go together pretty, but does anybody care for more than a few weeks?
When I talk to people who don't even know what source code is, I open an editor window and say "This is what we go through every time you find a bug!"
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I interpret "Code Monkey" as a term of endearment, and I call myself this all the time. I am a simple creature who loves to play with code. I do not take offense from this term
see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWrjYdD0Tg0[^]
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The first time I heard the term was by an employee who referred to himself as a Code Monkey. I didn't think anything about it except it was a humorous moniker. My take from him was that he was happy just sitting in his office as long as we kept throwing him bananas (paying him) and giving him fun toys to play with (cool programming problems).
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